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North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

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Boulders with minerals

West Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

Here are a couple of boulders in the quarry which contain zeolites and other minerals. The boulders are along the sides of the quarry walls.
 © Jim Hall 2009Photo ID: 210502    View Count: 86

Cavities in basalt

Unnamed prospect, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

This is a photo of the many zeolite filled cavities in the basalt near the top of North Table Mountain. The most common ones here are thompsonite, chabazite and analcime, with others to a more minor percentage.
Although there are many nice specimens here, I have found this particular locality is not open to collecting. The southeast quarry, which ...
 © Jim Hall 2009Photo ID: 210332    View Count: 88

Part of North and South Table Mountain

North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

This is a 1950's photo showing part of North Table Mountain(left) and South Table Mountain(right), and Coors Brewery and Golden situated in between the two. It was taken from Lookout Mountain looking east. North Table Mountain is now Jefferson County Open Space, which usually allows no collecting of anything, but an exception was made for this ...
 © Jim Hall 2009Photo ID: 209998    View Count: 114

Quarry view

West Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

This is looking south in the quarry from the northern end.
 © Jim Hall 2009Photo ID: 210501    View Count: 54

Road to quarry

West Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

This is a photo looking towards the quarry from near Hwy 93. The road reaches the top in the slight cut in the center of the photo at the skyline. The road is maybe a mile long and fairly smooth dirt and gravel.
 © Jim Hall 2009Photo ID: 210500    View Count: 49

Trail up North Table Mountain

Southeast Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

This is a photo of the trail on the SE end of North Table Mountain, which goes to one of the two allowed collecting localities, the southeast quarry. The quarry is above this road cut, at the base of the cliff visible in the photo.
 © Jim Hall 2009Photo ID: 210337    View Count: 91

zeolite containing boulders

Southeast Quarry, North Table Mountain, Golden, Golden District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA

Some of the many boulders covered with zeolites. This site has much more than the West Quarry. More and larger pockets
 © Jim Hall 2009Photo ID: 211298    View Count: 90
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